Credit: Firefly Aerospace A commercial lunar lander carrying science experiments ... which launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket on Jan. 8, 2024, as NASA’s first CLPS mission.

The close encounter was "a historic first of its type for a Japanese private, commercial lunar lander," according to ispace.

A week after launching aboard a SpaceX rocket ... lander, designed and operated by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, is now ...

Blue Ghost has been orbiting Earth since January 15, when the lander hitched a ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The lunar spacecraft is expected to leave Earth’s orbit in about one week ...

A private spacecraft carrying NASA instruments to the surface of the moon in preparation for astronauts to return in the years ahead has reached lunar ... Falcon 9 rocket, the lander has spent ...

Type of craft: Lander and rover. Who's doing it?ispace, a Japanese lunar robotic exploration company. Launched: Jan. 15. Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch site ...

Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an Intuitive Machines lunar lander, which will carry NASA ... released this photo of crews stacking a Vulcan rocket for the USSF-106 mission at ...

"Astrolab shares our vision of making lunar science ... Peregrine moon lander launched in January 2024 on the inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket, carrying five ...